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Get a Peugeot 306 Turbo Diesel mine goes like sh$t off a shovel (quicker than all the petrol variants I tried)and its only group 5 insurance, which helps keep down the cost of 8 points on your licence 
You should also be able to get a good deal on them coz they've just brought out 307 replacement.
And before you start BEagle, I'm not an officer yet but obviously I'll ditch it as soon as I am and get a nice,fast two seat gas guzzler.
You should also be able to get a good deal on them coz they've just brought out 307 replacement.
And before you start BEagle, I'm not an officer yet but obviously I'll ditch it as soon as I am and get a nice,fast two seat gas guzzler.
BEagle,
The smile is on Mrs Winterland's face, not mine!
And I apologise for having a car with a tractor engine, but soon I will cease to be an officer - so that's alright. And regarding your comment this afternoon about recently having doubled the value of my car after a visit to the garage to fill up, true, very true!
The smile is on Mrs Winterland's face, not mine!
And I apologise for having a car with a tractor engine, but soon I will cease to be an officer - so that's alright. And regarding your comment this afternoon about recently having doubled the value of my car after a visit to the garage to fill up, true, very true!
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Being a NCO type I feel it my duty to bring to your attention the merits of the Skoda family of cars (****, that would've been funny about five years ago, story of my life).
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Just started a very sad website at www.xpower-mg.com
So you can guess where my interests lie.
Should be a good review on Top Gear tonight. ZT375 ordered!
So you can guess where my interests lie.
Should be a good review on Top Gear tonight. ZT375 ordered!
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BEagle: I like my 306 turbo diesel, thank you! And with all the money I save on fuel, I can treat myself to that penis enlargement I've always dreamt of! :o
Albert: Are you a hairdresser?
John Earwig: Ah, a re-badged Vauxhall Carlton!
Albert: Are you a hairdresser?
John Earwig: Ah, a re-badged Vauxhall Carlton!
Vauxhall? There's a name I haven't missed for a long time!
Thought you blokes had been introduced to the joys of HSV V8's, and moved into the 20th century
Thought you blokes had been introduced to the joys of HSV V8's, and moved into the 20th century
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John,
But ... Vauxhalls MUST be good ... the MoD use them!
As for HSV V8s, why bother when you suffer from such padestrian speed limits? I'm sure it's very impressive when you out-accelerate a mo-ped at the traffic lights, but the usefulness stops at 60 kph!
Why don't I just drop a 14-litre Scania engine into the front end of my Peug? Equally practical, I contend!
Anyway, me old fruitcake, workplace excepted, we Poms are in the twenty-first century these days!
Blue.
[ 21 July 2001: Message edited by: Blue Stuff ]
But ... Vauxhalls MUST be good ... the MoD use them!
As for HSV V8s, why bother when you suffer from such padestrian speed limits? I'm sure it's very impressive when you out-accelerate a mo-ped at the traffic lights, but the usefulness stops at 60 kph!
Why don't I just drop a 14-litre Scania engine into the front end of my Peug? Equally practical, I contend!
Anyway, me old fruitcake, workplace excepted, we Poms are in the twenty-first century these days!
Blue.
[ 21 July 2001: Message edited by: Blue Stuff ]
Do the MOD still have vehicles? Goodness, it seems only yesterday I got interviewed for exceeding the speed limit in a Bedford VAN at RNAS Portland by a MOD Plod one quiet Sunday morn. Fortunately, no one had the basic idea of asking to see my licence 
NT has no speed limit (not that I live there), but living out of town where I do, I'm always impressed driving home that the last shift up in the slush box is at about 215kph. I almost felt bad taking the TAC's money to film their latest series of Ads about knocking 5kph off the posted speed limit. As if....
Century reference was obviously too subtle
[ 21 July 2001: Message edited by: John Eacott ]
NT has no speed limit (not that I live there), but living out of town where I do, I'm always impressed driving home that the last shift up in the slush box is at about 215kph. I almost felt bad taking the TAC's money to film their latest series of Ads about knocking 5kph off the posted speed limit. As if....
Century reference was obviously too subtle
[ 21 July 2001: Message edited by: John Eacott ]
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Bought a Ferrari - sold the Breitling as a downpayment; BEags formula explains everything...
Hell of a car, though - Gash, you can borrow it if you become an Officer and get an exchange over here...15 mpg ( with the aircon on ) good enough?
Hell of a car, though - Gash, you can borrow it if you become an Officer and get an exchange over here...15 mpg ( with the aircon on ) good enough?
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John,
I must've been in the wrong place then. There I was in South Perth, bimbling along at (visually) 50 mph, completely oblivious of the 60 kph speed limit. Imagine my dismay when I was stopped and fined $150 (£55) by a cop with a laser. Terribly nice chap; let me have a go with his laser gun ... which was a mistake, 'cos I managed to break it. That'll learn 'im!
Subtlety? Dunno what yer talkin' about!
Blue.
I must've been in the wrong place then. There I was in South Perth, bimbling along at (visually) 50 mph, completely oblivious of the 60 kph speed limit. Imagine my dismay when I was stopped and fined $150 (£55) by a cop with a laser. Terribly nice chap; let me have a go with his laser gun ... which was a mistake, 'cos I managed to break it. That'll learn 'im!
Subtlety? Dunno what yer talkin' about!
Blue.
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Those who served at St Athan in 87 may remember a colleague who had the most outrageous NOVA kit car. Lifting roof etc.
He is now a director of a large blue chip computer firm driving an Alpina B10, following a bad check ride at Linton [img]null[/img]
He is now a director of a large blue chip computer firm driving an Alpina B10, following a bad check ride at Linton
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